The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-03

Of the decorations had been removed from the
business houses. and they were completely nd
died. Washington street was strewea win nags
and bunting, and the small boy did not ran TO
take advantage of the opportunity TO carry most
of the stuff away. At the southe ast corner OF
Washington and Meridian streets large wire
sign Of Bryant's business college was broken
from its fasteniugs and crashed through large
plate glass window. Following the storm there
was another sudden change in the weather The
mercury began falling rapidly, ana oy ihionigns
It was unpleasantly COOL
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING IN A SALOON.
A half dozen men were taking their Sunday
drinks in Thomas Hearney's West Washington
street saloon yesterday afternoon. when James
Blakely exhibited az new revolver. While the
men were interested in looking at it, Blakely &C
cidently got his finger on the trigger, and 1T
went off. The ball barely missed the head of a
near by, and lodged In the ceiling Blake
" was arrested.
THE COMPETITION WOULD TOO SLOW.
The Indianapolis Light Artillery determined.
yesterday. to not attend this Chicago encamp-
mont This brought about because there
will be no batteries there that the home battery
has not beaten easily heretofore, and because
mono of the old-time famous companies Will
attend. The champion battery did not care to
be the only crack organization on the ground
There will not be single Southern company in
attendance. The officers of the home organiza-
ton concluded that the company would be too
slow for them.
CONTESTS IN oRAToRY AND WRITING.
A literary and musical entertainment will be
given tonight and tomorrow night at Bethel A.
NJ. e. Church. on Vermont street, under the ci-
rection OF Messrs. r. III. Thompson and W. W.
Lewis. The programme comprises an oratorical
contest to night and essay contest to morrow
evening. participated in by five gentlemen and
five ladies' The exercises will be interspersed
with musical selections, rendered by good local
A T. BeyeridPe
Parke Daniels. Merrill Moores. G. II. Buchanan.
and others will be the judges in the oratorical
contest.
CELL UNDER FREIGHT TRAIN.
Early yesterday morning some farm hands
found the remains OF William Crawford, who
lived a short distance west of the city, lying be-
side the Airline railroad track, three miles north
of Broad Ripple. The body was badly mangled
and showed evidence of having been under the
wheels of train. Undertaken Kregelo was no.
titled and brought the body to the city. About
IL o'clock Saturday night, Webster Heaton and
j. H. Ferguson. of Broad Ripple. saw Crawford
get a north bound freight train at that place,
and 1t is supposed he accidentally fell He left
his home Saturday morning. leaving word that
he was going Chicago He was middle aged
man, unmarried, and earned living by doing
odd jobs
ORGANIZATION OF JoURNYMEN BARRIERS.
Quite a number Of the journey men barbors of
the city met at the Grand Hotel yesterday for
the purpose Of organizing benevolent and pro-
tective association. The Only BARRIERS organiza-
ton in the city is the BARRIERS Assembly, K. of
L. The journymen claim that they get no bene-
fit from it for the reason that its membership is
made up almost exclusively Of bosses. and the
meeting was called for the purpose of taking
steps toward organizing association that
would benefit the journeymsn. After talking
over plan for organization, committee was
appointed consisting of Ed Wachstetter, Geo.
Fate, James Mathews, Geo. Peters and William
Thornton, whose duty it will be to draw
constitution to be considered at another meeting
TO Se held at tho Circle House, on Thursday
evening, at o'clock.